Molecular diagnosis of bloodstream infections: planning to (physically) reach the bedside.
Leggieri N, Rida A, François P, Schrenzel J.
Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2010 Aug;23(4):311-9.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in the Community: High Homology of SCCmec IVa between Staphylococcus epidermidis and Major Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Barbier F, Ruppé E, Hernandez D, Lebeaux D, Francois P, Felix B, Desprez A, Maiga A, Woerther PL, Gaillard K, Jeanrot C, Wolff M, Schrenzel J, Andremont A, Ruimy R.
J Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 15. [Epub ahead of print]
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

A type III-like restriction endonuclease functions as a major barrier to horizontal gene transfer in clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains.
Anna R. Corvaglia, Patrice François, David Hernandez, Karl Perron, Patrick Linder and Jacques Schrenzel
PNAS. 2010 June 14. [Epub ahead of print]
[Abstract] - [PNAS]

Posttraumatic ankle arthritis due to a novel Nocardia species.
Uçkay I, Bouchuiguir-Wafa K, Ninet B, Emonet S, Assal M, Harbarth S, Schrenzel J.
Infection. 2010 May 28. [Epub ahead of print]
[Abstract] - [Springer Link] - [PubMed]

Prevalence and Associated Factors for Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Among Undocumented Immigrants in a Primary Care Facility in Geneva, Switzerland: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Jackson Y, Sebo P, Aeby G, Bovier P, Ninet B, Schrenzel J, Sudre P, Haller D, Gaspoz JM, Wolff H.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2010 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Cartography of Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Transcripts: Detection, Orientation and Temporal Expression during Growth Phase and Stress Conditions
Marie Beaume, David Hernandez, Laurent Farinelli, Cécile Deluen, Patrick Linder, Christine Gaspin, Pascale Romby, Jacques Schrenzel, Patrice Francois
PLoS One. 2010 May 20;5(5):e10725
[Abstract] - [PloS ONE] - [PubMed]

Evaluation of 8 cases of confirmed Bordetella bronchiseptica infection and colonization over a 15-year period.
Wernli D, Emonet S, Schrenzel J, Harbarth S.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2010 May 3. [Epub ahead of print]
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Kingella Kingae osteoarticular infections in young children: clinical features and contribution of a new specific real-time PCR assay to the diagnosis.
Ceroni D, Cherkaoui A, Ferey S, Kaelin A, Schrenzel J.
J Pediatr Orthop. 2010 Apr-May;30(3):301-4.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

First invasive Staphylococcus aureus strain (D958) with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Obeid S, Haddad Q, Cherkaoui A, Schrenzel J, François P.
J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Apr 14. [Epub ahead of print]
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Cost-Effectiveness of Universal MRSA Screening on Admission to Surgery.
Murthy A, De Angelis G, Pittet D, Schrenzel J, Uckay I, Harbarth S.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2010 Mar 20. [Epub ahead of print]
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Screening for staphylococcal superantigen genes shows no correlation with the presence or the severity of chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis.
Heymans F, Fischer A, Stow NW, Girard M, Vourexakis Z, Courtis AD, Renzi G, Huggler E, Vlaminck S, Bonfils P, Mladina R, Lund V, Schrenzel J, François P, Lacroix JS.
PLoS One. 2010 Mar 5;5(3):e9525.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Comparison of two Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization--Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Methods with Conventional Phenotypic Identification for Routine Bacterial Speciation.
Cherkaoui A, Hibbs J, Emonet S, Tangomo M, Girard M, Francois P, Schrenzel J.
J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Apr;48(4):1169-75. Epub 2010 Feb 17.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Another small step on the long way to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cross-transmission.
Eggimann P, Schrenzel J.
Crit Care Med. 2010 Jan;38(1):311-2.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

New approaches for functional genomic studies in staphylococci.
Beaume M, Hernandez D, Francois P, Schrenzel J.
Int J Med Microbiol. 2010 Feb;300(2-3):88-97
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Risk factors for treatment failure in orthopedic device-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
Ferry T, Uçkay I, Vaudaux P, François P, Schrenzel J, Harbarth S, Laurent F, Bernard L, Vandenesch F, Etienne J, Hoffmeyer P, Lew D.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Feb;29(2):171-80. Epub 2009 Nov 28.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Accelerated digestion for high-throughput proteomics analysis of whole bacterial proteomes.
Vaezzadeh AR, Deshusses JM, Waridel P, François P, Zimmermann-Ivol CG, Lescuyer P, Schrenzel J, Hochstrasser DF.
J Microbiol Methods. 2010 Jan;80(1):56-62. Epub 2009 Nov 11.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Proteomic approaches to study Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis.
François P, Scherl A, Hochstrasser D, Schrenzel J.
J Proteomics. 2010 Feb 10;73(4):701-8. Epub 2009 Oct 29.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Comparative genomics of epidemic versus sporadic Staphylococcus aureus strains does not reveal molecular markers for epidemicity.
Kuhn G, Koessler T, Melles DC, Francois P, Huyghe A, Dunman P, Vos MC, Zanetti G, Schrenzel J, van Belkum A, Blanc DS.
Infect Genet Evol. 2010 Jan;10(1):89-96. Epub 2009 Oct 30.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Imported cases of histoplamosis
Nyffenegger L, Abbas M, Gex G, Boffi E, Schrenzel J, Bouchuiguir-Wafa K, Hirschel B.
Rev Med Suisse. 2009 Nov 25;5(227):2418-23.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Production of Reactive Oxygen Species from Photosensitizers Activated with Visible Light Sources Available in Dental Offices.
Bouillaguet S, Wataha JC, Zapata O, Campo M, Lange N, Schrenzel J.
Photomed Laser Surg.. [Epub ahead of print]
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Pediatric osteo-articular infections with negative culture results: what about Kingella kingae?
Cherkaoui A, Ceroni D, Ferey S, Emonet S, Schrenzel J.
Rev Med Suisse. 2009 Nov 4;5(224):2235-9.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Surveillance of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae in a Swiss tertiary care hospital.
Fankhauser C, Zingg W, Francois P, Dharan S, Schrenzel J, Pittet D, Harbarth S.
Swiss Med Wkly. 2009 Dec 26;139(51-52):747-51.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Molecular epidemiology of the nasal colonization by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in Swiss children.
Mégevand C, Gervaix A, Heininger U, Berger C, Aebi C, Vaudaux B, Kind C, Gnehm HP, Hitzler M, Renzi G, Schrenzel J, François P; for the Paediatric Infectious Disease Group Switzerland Staphylococcus aureus Study Group.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print]
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Metagenomic study of the oral microbiota by Illumina high-throughput sequencing.
Lazarevic V, Whiteson K, Huse S, Hernandez D, Farinelli L, Osterås M, Schrenzel J, François P.
J Microbiol Methods. 2009 Dec;79(3):266-71. Epub 2009 Sep 29.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

A search for small noncoding RNAs in Staphylococcus aureus reveals a conserved sequence motif for regulation.
Geissmann T, Chevalier C, Cros MJ, Boisset S, Fechter P, Noirot C, Schrenzel J, François P, Vandenesch F, Gaspin C, Romby P.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2009 Nov;37(21):7239-57. Epub 2009 Sep 28.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Development and validation of a modified broad-range 16S rDNA PCR for diagnostic purposes in clinical microbiology.
Cherkaoui A, Emonet S, Ceroni D, Candolfi B, Hibbs J, Francois P, Schrenzel J.
J Microbiol Methods. 2009 Nov;79(2):227-31. Epub 2009 Sep 24.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Variable-number tandem repeat analysis and multilocus sequence typing data confirm the epidemiological changes observed with Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from bloodstream infections.
van der Mee-Marquet N, François P, Domelier AS, Arnault L, Girard N, Schrenzel J, Quentin R, and the Bloodstream Infection Study Group of the Réseau des Hygiénistes du Centre.
J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Sep;47(9):2863-71.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Transcriptome analysis of the responses of Staphylococcus aureus to antimicrobial peptides and characterization of the roles of vraDE and vraSR in antimicrobial resistance.
Pietiainen M, Francois P, Hyyrylainen HL, Tangomo M, Sass V, Sahl HG, Schrenzel J, Kontinen VP.
BMC Genomics. 2009 Sep 14;10(1):429.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Microarray comparative genomic hybridisation analysis incorporating genomic organisation, and application to enterobacterial plant pathogens.
Pritchard L, Liu H, Booth C, Douglas E, François P, Schrenzel J, Hedley PE, Birch PR, Toth IK.
PLoS Comput Biol. 2009 Aug;5(8):e1000473. Epub 2009 Aug 21.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Effect of a glucose impulse on the CcpA regulon in Staphylococcus aureus.
Seidl Spirig K, Muller S, Francois P, Kriebitzsch C, Schrenzel J, Engelmann S, Bischoff M, Berger-Bachi B.
BMC Microbiol. 2009 May 18;9(1):95.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: risk factors for infection, and long-term follow-up.
Longtin Y, Sudre P, François P, Schrenzel J, Aramburu C, Pastore R, Gervaix A, Renzi G, Pittet D, Harbarth S.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Mar 21.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Development and evaluation of a rapid strategy to determine enterotoxin gene content in Staphylococcus aureus.
Fischer A, Francois P, Holtfreter S, Broeker B, Schrenzel J.
J Microbiol Methods. 2009 May;77(2):184-90.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Regulation of mprF in daptomycin-nonsusceptible Staphylococcus aureus.
Yang SJ, Xiong YQ, Dunman PM, Schrenzel J, François P, Peschel A, Bayer AS.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Mar 16.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Identification by genomic and genetic analysis of two new genes playing a key role in intermediate glycopeptide resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
Renzoni A, Kelley WL, Barras C, Monod A, Huggler E, François P, Schrenzel J, Studer R, Vaudaux P, Lew DP.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Mar;53(3):903-11.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Immuno-detection of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm on a Cochlear Implant.
Kos MI, Stenz L, François P, Guyot JP, Schrenzel J.
Infection. 2009 Oct;37(5):450-4. Epub 2009 Mar 10.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

CodY in Staphylococcus aureus: A regulatory link between metabolism and virulence gene expression.
Pohl K, Francois P, Stenz L, Schlink F, Geiger T, Herbert S, Goerke C, Schrenzel J, Wolz C.
J Bacteriol. 2009 Feb 27.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Assessment of a real-time PCR test to diagnose syphilis from diverse biological samples.
Gayet-Ageron A, Ninet B, Toutous-Trellu L, Lautenschlager S, Furrer H, Piguet V, Schrenzel J, Hirschel B.
Sex Transm Infect. 2009 Jan 20.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Genomic analysis of an emerging multiresistant Staphylococcus aureus strain rapidly spreading in cystic fibrosis patients revealed the presence of an antibiotic inducible bacteriophage.
Rolain JM, François P, Hernandez D, Bittar F, Richet H, Fournous G, Mattenberger Y, Bosdure E, Stremler N, Dubus JC, Sarles J, Reynaud-Gaubert M, Boniface S, Schrenzel J, Raoult D.
Biol Direct. 2009 Jan 13;4:1
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Molecular diagnosis of Kingella kingae osteoarticular infections by specific real-time PCR assay.
Cherkaoui A, Ceroni D, Emonet S, Lefevre Y, Schrenzel J.
J Med Microbiol. 2009 Jan;58(Pt 1):65-8.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii by Two Staining Methods and Two Quantitative PCR Assays.
Rohner P, Jacomo V, Studer R, Schrenzel J, Graf JD.
Infection. 2008 Dec 5.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Characterization of microbial pathogens by DNA microarrays.
Huyghe A, Francois P, Schrenzel J.
Infect Genet Evol. 2008 Nov 17.
[No Abstract] - [PubMed]

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in two scuba divers returning from the Philippines.
Bochet M, Francois P, Longtin Y, Gaide O, Renzi G, Harbarth S.
J Travel Med. 2008 Sep-Oct;15(5):378-81.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Rickettsia conorii transcriptional response within inoculation eschar.
Renesto P, Rovery C, Schrenzel J, Leroy Q, Huyghe A, Li W, Lepidi H, François P, Raoult D.
PLoS ONE. 2008;3(11):e3681.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

A Predictive Model for Identifying Surgical Patients at Risk of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage on Admission.
Harbarth S, Sax H, Uckay I, Fankhauser C, Agostinho A, Christenson JT, Renzi G, Schrenzel J, Pittet D.
J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Nov;207(5):683-9.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Effect of screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage by polymerase chain reaction on the duration of unnecessary preemptive contact isolation.
Uçkay I, Sax H, Iten A, Camus V, Renzi G, Schrenzel J, Perrier A, Pittet D.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Nov;29(11):1077-9.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

A nuc-deficient meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain.
van Leeuwen W, Roorda L, Hendriks W, Francois P, Schrenzel J.
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2008 Sep 22.
[No Abstract] - [PubMed]

Risk Factors for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surgical Site Infection.
Harbarth S, Huttner B, Gervaz P, Fankhauser C, Chraiti MN, Schrenzel J, Licker M, Pittet D.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Sep;29(9):890-893.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Impact of oleic acid (cis-9-octadecenoic acid) on bacterial viability and biofilm production in Staphylococcus aureus.
Stenz L, François P, Fischer A, Huyghe A, Tangomo M, Hernandez D, Cassat J, Linder P, Schrenzel J.
FEMS Microbiol Lett 2008. 287:149-155.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Imaging mass spectrometry using peptide isoelectric focusing.
Vaezzadeh AR, Simicevic J, Chauvet A, François P, Zimmermann-Ivol CG, Lescuyer P, Deshusses JP, Hochstrasser DF.
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2008 Sep;22(17):2667-76.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Food Poisoning as a Cause of Acute Liver Failure.
Pósfay-Barbe KM, Schrenzel J, Frey J, Studer R, Korff C, Belli DC, Parvex P, Rimensberger PC, Schäppi MG.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Sep;27(9):846-7.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

High-throughput typing of Staphylococcus aureus by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) or multi-locus variable number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) reveals consistent strain relatedness.
Melles DC, Schouls L, François P, Herzig S, Verbrugh HA, van Belkum A, Schrenzel J.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Jul 29.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Ceftazidime-resistant Klebsiella oxytoca producing an OXY-2-type variant from Switzerland.
Rodríguez-Martínez JM, Poirel L, Nordmann P, Fankhauser C, Francois P, Schrenzel J.
Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2008 Jul 2.
[No Abstract] - [PubMed]

Evidence of horizontal gene transfer between human and animal commensal Escherichia coli strains identified by microarray.
Grasselli E, François P, Gutacker M, Gettler B, Benagli C, Convert M, Boerlin P, Schrenzel J, Piffaretti JC.
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2008 Aug;53(3):351-8.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Temporal effects of antibiotic use and hand rub consumption on the incidence of MRSA and Clostridium difficile.
Vernaz N, Sax H, Pittet D, Bonnabry P, Schrenzel J, Harbarth S.
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008 Sep;62(3):601-7.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

In vivo detection of clonally-derived methicillin-resistant/methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus is not a rare event.
Francois P, Uckay I, Iten A, Renzi G, Dahran S, Camus V, Sax H, Schrenzel J.
J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Mar 19;46(5)
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission and nosocomial infection in surgical patients.
Harbarth S, Fankhauser C, Schrenzel J, Christenson J, Gervaz P, Bandiera-Clerc C, Renzi G, Vernaz N, Sax H, Pittet D.
JAMA. 2008 Mar 12;299(10):1149-57.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

De novo bacterial genome sequencing: millions of very short reads assembled on a desktop computer.
Hernandez D, Francois P, Farinelli L, Osterås M, Schrenzel J.
Genome Res. 18:802-809, 2008
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Rapid Diagnosis and Typing of Staphylococcus aureus
Patrice Francois and Jacques Schrenzel
In Book - Staphylococcus: Molecular Genetics, Chap 4. May 2008. Caister Academic Press
[Abstract] - [Publisher]

Intracellular reactive oxygen species in monocytes generated by photosensitive chromophores activated with blue light.
Bouillaguet S, Owen B, Wataha JC, Campo MA, Lange N, Schrenzel J.
Dent Mater. 2008 Aug;24(8):1070-6
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Rapid and high-throughput genotyping of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates by automated multilocus variable-number of tandem repeats: A tool for real-time epidemiology.
Francois P, Hochmann A, Huyghe A, Bonetti EJ, Renzi G, Harbarth S, Klingenberg C, Pittet D, Schrenzel J.
J Microbiol Methods. 2008 Jan;72:296-305.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Geneva, Switzerland, 1993–2005
Patrice Francois, Stephan Harbarth, Antoine Huyghe, Gesuele Renzi, Manuela Bento, Alain Gervaix, Didier Pittet, and Jacques Schrenzel
Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Feb;14(2):304-7.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

A Novel Microarray Design Strategy to Study Complex Bacterial Communities.
Huyghe A, Francois P, Charbonnier Y, Tangomo-Bento M, Bonetti EJ, Paster BJ, Bolivar I, Baratti-Mayer D, Pittet D, Schrenzel J; the Geneva Study Group on Noma (GESNOMA).
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 Mar;74(6):1876-1885.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Neighborhood functions and hill-climbing strategies dedicated to the generalized ungapped local multiple alignment
David Hernandez, Robin Gras, Ron Appel.
Eur J Oper Res. Vol. 185, Issue 3, March 2008, 1276-1284
[Abstract] - [Article]

Proteomic approach to investigate MRSA.
Francois P, Scherl A, Hochstrasser D, Schrenzel J.
Methods Mol Biol. 2007;391:179-200
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Development of a method for recovering rickettsial RNA from infected cells to analyze gene expression profiling of obligate intracellular bacteria.
La MV, François P, Rovery C, Robineau S, Barbry P, Schrenzel J, Raoult D, Renesto P.
J Microbiol Methods. 2007 Oct 4;
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Treatment Failures with Daptomycin are Associated with Alterations in Surface Charge, Membrane Phospholipid Asymmetry and Drug Binding.
Jones T, Yeaman MR, Sakoulas G, Yang SJ, Proctor RA, Sahl HG, Schrenzel J, Xiong YQ, Bayer AS.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 Oct 22
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Clinical relevance of new diagnostic methods for bloodstream infections.
Schrenzel J.
Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2007 Nov;30S1:2-6.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Genome content determination in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Francois P, Hernandez D, Schrenzel J.
Future Microbiol. 2007 Apr;2:187-98.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Streptococcus sinensis Endocarditis outside Hong Kong.
Ilker Uçkay, Peter Rohner, Ignacio Bolivar, Béatrice Ninet, Marina Djordjevic, Vandack Nobre, Christian Garzoni and Jacques Schrenzel
Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Aug;13(8):1250-52.
[Abstract]- [PubMed]

Comparative genomic hybridization and physiological characterization of environmental isolates indicate that significant (eco-)physiological properties are highly conserved in the species Escherichia coli.
Ihssen J, Grasselli E, Bassin C, Francois P, Piffaretti JC, Koster W, Schrenzel J, Egli T.
Microbiology. 2007 Jul;153(Pt 7):2052-66.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

A global view of Staphylococcus aureus whole genome expression upon internalization in human epithelial cells.
Garzoni C, Francois P, Huyghe A, Couzinet S, Tapparel C, Charbonnier Y, Renzoni A, Lucchini S, Lew DP, Vaudaux P, Kelley WL, Schrenzel J.
BMC Genomics. 2007 Jun 14;8(1):171
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Evaluation of Three Molecular Assays for the Rapid Identification of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Francois P, Bento M, Renzi G, Harbarth S, Pittet D, Schrenzel J.
J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jun;45(6):2011-3.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Postoperative gram-negative anaerobic bacterial endocarditis.
Myers C, Aggoun Y, Gervaix A, Ninet B, Schrenzel J, Kuhnert P.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Apr;26(4):369.
[No Abstract] - [PubMed]

Inactivation of a subpopulation of human neutrophils by exposure to ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene wear debris.
Bernard L, Vaudaux P, Huggler E, Stern R, Frehel C, Francois P, Lew D, Hoffmeyer P.
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2007 Apr;49(3):425-32
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Comparison of four chromogenic media for culture-based screening of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Cherkaoui A, Renzi G, Francois P, Schrenzel J.
J Med Microbiol. 2007 Apr;56(Pt 4):500-3
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Is Throat Screening Necessary To Detect Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Patients upon Admission to an Intensive Care Unit?
Harbarth S, Schrenzel J, Renzi G, Akakpo C, Ricou B.
J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Mar;45(3):1072-3.
[No Abstract] - [PubMed]

Tissue homing and persistence of defined antigen-specific CD8+ tumor-reactive T-cell clones in long-term melanoma survivors.
Le Gal FA, Widmer VM, Dutoit V, Rubio-Godoy V, Schrenzel J, Walker PR, Romero PJ, Valmori D, Speiser DE, Dietrich PY.
J Invest Dermatol. 2007 Mar;127(3):622-9
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Isolation and Characterization of Biofilm Formation-Defective Mutants of Staphylococcus aureus.
Tu Quoc PH, Genevaux P, Pajunen M, Savilahti H, Georgopoulos C, Schrenzel J, Kelley WL.
Infect Immun. 2007 Mar;75(3):1079-88.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Comparison of amplification methods for transcriptomic analyses of low abundance prokaryotic RNA sources.
Francois P, Garzoni C, Bento M, Schrenzel J.
J Microbiol Methods. 2007 Feb;68(2):385-391.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Intracellular residency is frequently associated with recurrent Staphylococcus aureus rhinosinusitis.
Plouin-Gaudon I, Clement S, Huggler E, Chaponnier C, Francois P, Lew D, Schrenzel J, Vaudaux P, Lacroix JS.
Rhinology. 2006 Dec;44(4):249-54.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Exploring glycopeptide resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: a combined proteomics and transcriptomics approach for the identification of resistance related markers.
Scherl A, Francois P, Charbonnier Y, Deshusses JM, Koessler T, Huyghe A, Bento M, Stahl-Zeng J, Fischer A, Masselot A, Vaezzadeh A, Galle F, Renzoni A, Vaudaux P, Lew D, Zimmermann-Ivol CG, Binz PA, Sanchez JC, Hochstrasser DF, Schrenzel J.
BMC Genomics. 2006 Nov 22;7(1):296
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Transcriptomic and Functional Analysis of an Autolysis-Deficient, Teicoplanin-Resistant Derivative of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Renzoni A, Barras C, Francois P, Charbonnier Y, Huggler E, Garzoni C, Kelley WL, Majcherczyk P, Schrenzel J, Lew DP, Vaudaux P.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Sep;50(9):3048-61
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Multiple pulmonary abscesses caused by Legionella pneumophila infection in an infant with croup.
Myers C, Corbelli R, Schrenzel J, Gervaix A.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Aug;25(8):753-4
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Rapid Staphylococcus aureus agr Type Determination by a Novel Multiplex Real-Time Quantitative PCR Assay.
Francois P, Koessler T, Huyghe A, Harbarth S, Bento M, Lew D, Etienne J, Pittet D, Schrenzel J.
J Clin Microbiol. 2006 May;44(5):1892-5.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Control of a cluster of community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in neonatology.
Sax H, Posfay-Barbe K, Harbarth S, Francois P, Touveneau S, Pessoa-Silva CL, Schrenzel J, Dharan S, Gervaix A, Pittet D.
J Hosp Infect. 2006 May;63(1):93-100.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Acute partial Budd-Chiari syndrome and portal vein thrombosis in cytomegalovirus primary infection: a case report
Spahr L, Cerny A, Morard I, Rubbia-Brandt L, Schrenzel J
BMC Gastroenterol. 2006 Mar 10;6:10.
[Abstract] - [BMC]

Use of Oligoarrays for Characterization of Community-Onset Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Koessler T, Francois P, Charbonnier Y, Huyghe A, Bento M, Dharan S, Renzi G, Lew D, Harbarth S, Pittet D, Schrenzel J.
J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Mar;44(3):1040-8.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Evaluating the probability of previously unknown carriage of MRSA at hospital admission.
Harbarth S, Sax H, Fankhauser-Rodriguez C, Schrenzel J, Agostinho A, Pittet D.
Am J Med. 2006 Mar;119(3):275.e15-275.e23.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Evaluation of rapid screening and pre-emptive contact isolation for detecting and controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in critical care: an interventional cohort study.
Harbarth S, Masuet-Aumatell C, Schrenzel J, Francois P, Akakpo C, Renzi G, Pugin J, Ricou B, Pittet D.
Crit Care. 2006 Feb 6;10(1):R25
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Rapid bacterial identification using evanescent-waveguide oligonucleotide microarray classification.
Francois P, Charbonnier Y, Jacquet J, Utinger D, Bento M, Lew D, Kresbach GM, Ehrat M, Schlegel W, Schrenzel J.
J Microbiol Methods. 2006 Jun;65(3):390-403.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Tracking methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Colombian hospitals over 7 years (1996-2003): emergence of a new dominant clone.
Cruz C, Moreno J, Renzoni A, Hidalgo M, Reyes J, Schrenzel J, Lew D, Castaneda E, Arias CA.
Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2005 Dec;26(6):457-462. Epub 2005 Nov 8.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Prevalence and prediction of previously unknown MRSA carriage on admission to a geriatric hospital.
Sax H, Harbarth S, Gavazzi G, Henry N, Schrenzel J, Rohner P, Michel JP, Pittet D.
Age Ageing. 2005 Sep;34(5):456-62.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Intensive Therapy with Ceftobiprole Medocaril of Experimental Foreign-Body Infection by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Vaudaux P, Gjinovci A, Bento M, Li D, Schrenzel J, Lew DP.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Sep;49(9):3789-93.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Evidence of an Intracellular Reservoir in the Nasal Mucosa of Patients with Recurrent Staphylococcus aureus Rhinosinusitis.
Clement S, Vaudaux P, Francois P, Schrenzel J, Huggler E, Kampf S, Chaponnier C, Lew D, Lacroix JS.
J Infect Dis. 2005 Sep 15;192(6):1023-8
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Use of an Automated Multiple-Locus, Variable-Number Tandem Repeat-Based Method for Rapid and High-Throughput Genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates.
Francois P, Huyghe A, Charbonnier Y, Bento M, Herzig S, Topolski I, Fleury B, Lew D, Vaudaux P, Harbarth S, van Leeuwen W, van Belkum A, Blanc DS, Pittet D, Schrenzel J.
J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jul;43(7):3346-55.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Fibrinogen and fibronectin binding cooperate for valve infection and invasion in Staphylococcus aureus experimental endocarditis.
Que YA, Haefliger JA, Piroth L, Francois P, Widmer E, Entenza JM, Sinha B, Herrmann M, Francioli P, Vaudaux P, Moreillon P.
J Exp Med. 2005 May 16;201(10):1627-35.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Switzerland.
Harbarth S, Francois P, Shrenzel J, Fankhauser-Rodriguez C, Hugonnet S, Koessler T, Huyghe A, Pittet D.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jun;11(6):962-5.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

A generic approach for the design of whole-genome oligoarrays, validated for genomotyping, deletion mapping and gene expression analysis on Staphylococcus aureus.
Charbonnier Y, Gettler B, Francois P, Bento M, Renzoni A, Vaudaux P, Schlegel W, Schrenzel J.
BMC Genomics. 2005 Jun 17;6(1):95.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Use of Diagnostic Microarrays for Determination of Virulence Gene Patterns of Escherichia coli K1, a Major Cause of Neonatal Meningitis.
Korczak B, Frey J, Schrenzel J, Pluschke G, Pfister R, Ehricht R, Kuhnert P.
J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Mar;43(3):1024-31.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Induction of Fibronectin Adhesins in Quinolone-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Subinhibitory Levels of Ciprofloxacin or by Sigma B Transcription Factor Activity Is Mediated by Two Separate Pathways.
Li D, Renzoni A, Estoppey T, Bisognano C, Francois P, Kelley WL, Lew DP, Schrenzel J, Vaudaux P.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Mar;49(3):916-24.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

High-density DNA probe arrays for identification of staphylococci to the species level.
Couzinet S, Jay C, Barras C, Vachon R, Vernet G, Ninet B, Jan I, Minazio MA, Francois P, Lew D, Troesch A, Schrenzel J.
J Microbiol Methods. 2005 May;61(2):201-208.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Molecular identification of Fusarium species in onychomycoses.
Ninet B, Jan I, Bontems O, Lechenne B, Jousson O, Lew D, Schrenzel J, Panizzon RG, Monod M.
Dermatology. 2005;210(1):21-5.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Evaluation of a high-density oligonucleotide array for characterization of grlA, grlB, gyrA and gyrB mutations in fluoroquinolone resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
Couzinet S, Yugueros J, Barras C, Visomblin N, Francois P, Lacroix B, Vernet G, Lew D, Troesch A, Schrenzel J, Jay C.
J Microbiol Methods. 2005 Feb;60(2):275-9.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Correlation of proteomic and transcriptomic profiles of Staphylococcus aureus during the post-exponential phase of growth.
Scherl A, Francois P, Bento M, Deshusses JM, Charbonnier Y, Converset V, Huyghe A, Walter N, Hoogland C, Appel RD, Sanchez JC, Zimmermann-Ivol CG, Corthals GL, Hochstrasser DF, Schrenzel J.
J Microbiol Methods. 2005 Feb;60(2):247-57.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

A Randomized Clinical Trial to Compare Fleroxacin-Rifampicin with Flucloxacillin or Vancomycin for the Treatment of Staphylococcal Infection
Schrenzel J, Harbarth S, Schockmel G, Genne D , Bregenzer T, Flueckiger U, Petignat C, Jacobs F, Francioli P, Zimmerli W, Lew DP, and the Swiss Staphylococcal Study Groupa
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2004; 39:1285–92
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Lower Respiratory Viral Illnesses: Improved Diagnosis by Molecular Methods and Clinical Impact.
Garbino J, Gerbase MW, Wunderli W, Deffernez C, Thomas Y, Rochat T, Ninet B, Schrenzel J, Yerly S, Perrin L, Soccal PM, Nicod L, Kaiser L.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Sep 10
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Nosocomial bacteraemia caused by Staphylococcus aureus.
Vaudaux P, Schrenzel J.
Lancet. 2004 Aug 21;364(9435):644-5.
[No abstract] - [PubMed]

Modulation of fibronectin adhesins and other virulence factors in a teicoplanin-resistant derivative of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Renzoni A, Francois P, Li D, Kelley WL, Lew DP, Vaudaux P, Schrenzel J.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Aug;48(8):2958-65.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

A Novel Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid Typing of Major Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Elements.
Francois P, Renzi G, Pittet D, Bento M, Lew DP, Harbarth S, Vaudaux P, Schrenzel J.
J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Jul;42(7):3309-12.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Comparative analysis and validation of different assays for glycopeptide susceptibility among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains
Bernard L, Vaudaux P, Rohner P, Huggler E, Armanet M, Pittet D, Lew DP, Schrenzel J.
J Microbiol Methods. 2004 Sep;57(2):231-9.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Trends in the treatment of orthopaedic prosthetic infections.
Bernard L, Hoffmeyer P, Assal M, Vaudaux P, Schrenzel J, Lew D.
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2004 Feb;53(2):127-9. Epub 2003 Dec 19.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Nonredundant mass spectrometry: A strategy to integrate mass spectrometry acquisition and analysis
Scherl A, Francois P, Converset V, Bento M, Burgess JA, Sanchez JC, Hochstrasser DF, Schrenzel J, Corthals GL.
Proteomics. 2004 Apr;4(4):917-27.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

A RecA-LexA dependent pathway mediates ciprofloxacin-induced fibronectin binding in Staphylococcus aureus.
Bisognano C, Kelley WL, Estoppey T, Francois P, Schrenzel J, Li D, Lew DP, Hooper DC, Cheung AL, Vaudaux P.
J Biol Chem. 2004 Mar 5;279(10):9064-71. Epub 2003 Dec 29.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Severe Mycoplasma hominis Infections in Two Renal Transplant Patients.
Rohner P, Schnyder I, Ninet B, Schrenzel J, Lew D, Ramla T, Garbino J, Jacomo V.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2004 Feb 19. Epub 2004 Feb 19
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Effect of vancomycin therapy for osteomyelitis on colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: lack of emergence of glycopeptide resistance.
Bernard L, Vaudaux P, Vuagnat A, Stern R, Rohner P, Pittet D, Schrenzel J, Hoffmeyer P; Osteomyelitis Study Group.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Sep;24(9):650-4.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Noma: an "infectious" disease of unknown aetiology.
Baratti-Mayer D, Pittet B, Montandon D, Bolivar I, Bornand JE, Hugonnet S, Jaquinet A, Schrenzel J, Pittet D; Geneva Study Group on Noma.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 Jul;3(7):419-31. Review.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Comparison of fluorescence and resonance light scattering for highly sensitive microarray detection
of bacterial pathogens.
Francois P, Bento M, Vaudaux P, Schrenzel J.
J Microbiol Methods. 2003 Dec;55(3):755-62.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Comparative efficacy of daptomycin and vancomycin in the therapy of experimental foreign body infection
due to Staphylococcus aureus.
Vaudaux P, Francois P, Bisognano C, Li D, Lew DP, Schrenzel J.
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2003 Jul;52(1):89-95. Epub 2003 May 29.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Lack of biofilm contribution to bacterial colonization in an experimental model of foreign body
infection by Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis.
Francois P, Tu Quoc PH, Bisognano C, Kelley WL, Lew DP, Schrenzel J, Cramton SE, Gotz F, Vaudaux P.
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2003 Mar 20;35(2):135-40.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from sterile or
nonsterile clinical samples by a new molecular assay.
Francois P, Pittet D, Bento M, Pepey B, Vaudaux P, Lew D, Schrenzel J.
J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Jan;41(1):254-60.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Increased expression of clumping factor and fibronectin-binding proteins by hemB mutants
of Staphylococcus aureus expressing small colony variant phenotypes.
Vaudaux P, Francois P, Bisognano C, Kelley WL, Lew DP, Schrenzel J, Proctor RA, McNamara PJ, Peters G, Von Eiff C.
Infect Immun. 2002 Oct;70(10):5428-37.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Comparison of levofloxacin, alatrofloxacin, and vancomycin for prophylaxis and treatment of
experimental foreign-body-associated infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Vaudaux P, Francois P, Bisognano C, Schrenzel J, Lew DP.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 May;46(5):1503-9.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Pathogenesis, prevention, and therapy of staphylococcal prosthetic infections.
Lew D, Schrenzel J, Francois P, Vaudaux P.
Curr Clin Top Infect Dis. 2001;21:252-70. Review.
[No abstract] - [PubMed]

Reassessing the role of Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor and fibronectin-binding
protein by expression in Lactococcus lactis.
Que YA, Francois P, Haefliger JA, Entenza JM, Vaudaux P, Moreillon P.
Infect Immun. 2001 Oct;69(10):6296-302.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

In vivo emergence of subpopulations expressing teicoplanin or vancomycin resistance phenotypes
in a glycopeptide-susceptible, methicillin-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus.
Vaudaux P, Francois P, Berger-Bachi B, Lew DP.
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2001 Feb;47(2):163-70.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]

Identification of plasma proteins adsorbed on hemodialysis tubing that promote Staphylococcus aureus
adhesion.
Francois P, Schrenzel J, Stoerman-Chopard C, Favre H, Herrmann M, Foster TJ, Lew DP, Vaudaux P.
J Lab Clin Med. 2000 Jan;135(1):32-42.
[Abstract] - [PubMed]